SDR 0022

Service difficulty report · Switch · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
January 31, 2004
Submitted
February 3, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N520MC
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft serial
BB43
Aircraft time
11,455 hours, 12,649 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
MS252534
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND USING NORMAL PROCEDURES. LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED MANUALLY AND LANDING WAS PERFORMED NORMALLY. AC HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF COLD AND SNOW ON ITS PREVIOUS FLIGHTS. AC WAS JACKED IN HANGAR AND GEAR WORKED NORMAL. GEAR WAS CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES. SWITCH WHICH DISABLES ELECTRIC MOTOR DURING AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WAS FOUND CRACKED AND COMING APART. SUSPECT IT MIGHT HAVE CREATED AN INTERMITTENT CONNECTION. SWITCH WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. OTHER ITEMS INSPECTED WAS GEAR RIGGING, LANDING GEAR CONTROL RELAYS, AND GENERAL WIRING. NO OTHER ABNORMAL CONDITIONS WERE FOUND. GEAR WAS CYCLED A MINIMUM OF 20 TIMES IN THE HANGAR AND WORKED NORMAL EVERY TIME.